1/4 (Tue)
I sent some comments to Statistics Bureau about next Housing and Land Survey and conducted English homework. It was a video about How working remotely will change more than work.
—memo—
- while the circumstances are unwelcome, there are some benefits to this style of working.
- このような状況は歓迎できないが、このような働き方にはメリットもある。
- commute 通勤
- commuting has been found to be a major cause for stress.
- I was exhausted actually. 実際、疲れました。
- So losing that journey into work could be good for us. But research claims our commute can also provide us with a means to separate our personal and professional lives.
- だから、通勤の時間がなくなることは、私たちにとって良いことかもしれません。しかし、調査によると、通勤は私生活と仕事を分離する手段にもなるそうです。
- There has been a reluctance to encourage flexible working, perhaps because managers see it as a loss of control, it can be quite difficult to manage people.
- フレックスタイム制の導入には消極的な傾向がありますが、それはおそらく管理職がフレックスタイム制を導入することでコントロールが効かなくなると考えているからでしょう。
- What we found is that productivity can actually improve as a result of flexible working and there isn’t necessarily any impact upon the business, if it’s managed effectively.
- 私たちが見つけたのは、フレキシブルワークによって生産性が向上できることや、効果的に管理されていれば、必ずしもビジネスに影響を与えるものではないことです。
- So what actions can organizations implement to harness the power of flexible working?
- では、フレキシブル・ワークの力を活用するために、組織はどのようなアクションを起こせばよいのでしょうか。
- leaving the city or moving further out to find more space, some greenery, or to escape the urban beeps and bustle.
- より広い空間や緑を求め、あるいは都会の喧騒から逃れるために、都会から離れ郊外に移住する。
- so what does that mean for how we are distributed across our settlements and urban agglomerations?
- それで、それは私たちの居住地と都市の集積地をどのように分散していくかについてどのような意味を持つでしょうか？
- I think it provides a lot of flexibility for certain workers. 特定の労働者に多くの柔軟性を提供すると思います。
- But there’s other ties that keep people to place. access to services, access to family, access to the culture that keeps the city alive or your lifestyle interesting.
- しかし、都市には様々な魅力があります。サービスや家族へのアクセス、街を活気づける文化へのアクセス、ライフスタイルの面白さなどです。
- Our street infrastructure and streetscapes can be reconfigured in a time of social distancing.
- 私たちの道路インフラや街並みは、社会的距離を置く時代に再構築することができます。
- When we have times when cities are more porous, when there’s flux, when the real estate sector isn’t so saturated, that porousness allows for an opportunity for micro-entrepreneurship and also new innovations at a kind of small scale.
- 都市が流動的で、不動産部門がそれほど飽和していないとき、その流動性がマイクロ起業や小規模な新しいイノベーションの機会を提供します。
- Does everyone wanna work from home? No.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shock waves through the world of work. Having an on-off relationship with the office could make us happier and more productive, while also helping the environment and making our cities more livable.
- COVID-19のパンデミックは、仕事の世界に衝撃を与えています。オフィスとオンオフの関係を持つことで、私たちはより幸せに、より生産的になり、同時に環境にも貢献し、より住みやすい都市を作ることができるのです。
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I read Taro Yamamoto (2020) “感染症と文明.”
The author, born in 1964, is a physician and professor at Nagasaki University. He specializes in international health and tropical infectious diseases. He has worked on infectious disease control in Africa and Haiti.
The description of the "Great Plague of London" of 1665-1666, in which 100,000 people died, was interesting. Newton discovered the basic concept of calculus and universal gravitation in his hometown, away from the university during the pandemic. This is called a "creative vacation."
There were descriptions of the social structure, such as "the end of the plague pandemic marked the beginning of the modern era in Europe."
About viruses, causing disease in humans is disadvantageous for their own survival. Therefore, the virus and humans will have a stable relationship at last.
In the end, he explained that certain adaptations lead to brief prosperity followed by long difficulties. Also, he described William McNeill's "Conservation of Catastrophe", and expressed his concern about the excess of "adaptation," and the importance of "coexistence."